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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 4 - Introduction

* Eliphaz reproves Job. (1-6) And maintains that God's judgments are for the wicked. (7-11) The vision of Eliphaz. (12-21)

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See also Job 4 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    4- 5. FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. Ch. 3 as a whole means, Why is misfortune? We are now to hear from Job's friends, what the theology of the poet's age had to say on the matter. Eliphaz, who speaks first...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The debate between Job and his friends on the question of his sufferings and on the meaning of evil in general This Debate occupies the whole body of the Book. It attaches itself to Job's passionate...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 4:1-21 71. Give the facts about Eliphaz. He is shocked. Why? 72. John the ninth chapter relates Eliphaz's attitude. How? 73. The scriptures sit in judgment upon Freud's...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JOB 4 Job's sore afflictions, and his behaviour under them, laid the foundation of a dispute between him and his three friends, which begins in this chapter, and is carried on to the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Eliphaz owns Job's former usefulness, but infers from his present state and behaviour that he was a hypocrite, Job 4:1. He affirms that God never afflicts man but for his wick...

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